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Hamburg Abitur Pass Rate Reaches 94.5% as German and Math Scores Falter

Senator Ksenija Bekeris plans to expand early language support after core subject performance weakened despite science gains from federal-standardized IQB tasks.

Schülerinnen und Schüler sitzen während einer schriftlichen Abiturprüfung in einem Klassenzimmer (Symbolbild)
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Overview

  • A total of 9,274 out of 9,810 candidates passed the Hamburg Abitur in spring 2025, yielding a 94.5% success rate—the highest number of passes since 2017.
  • The overall average grade improved slightly to 2.35, up from 2.36 in 2024.
  • Core written exams produced average scores of 3.14 in German, 2.93 in mathematics, 2.72 in English and 1.91 in French.
  • Full adoption of IQB pool tasks in biology (2.81), chemistry (2.31) and physics (2.45) drove roughly 0.3-point gains in science grades.
  • SPD Schulsenatorin Bekeris emphasized ramping up early language and competency interventions while CDU spokesperson Birgit Stöver warned that weaker core-subject results reveal persistent basic-skills gaps.